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Excerpt from Annual Reports of the War Department, Vol. 2 of 4: For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1901 Sept. L. - Second Lieut. Paul A. Barry, with detachment of Fourth Infantry, scouting to barrio Dabay from Bacoor, Luzon, P. I., surprises insurgent cuartel, and, after engagement, destroys it. Insurgent casualties, 3 killed, 5 wounded, including General Noriel; captured 6 insurgents, 6 rifles of various patterns, 1 revolver, 208 ball cartridges, 5 cartridge pouches, and some parts of Mauser rifles. No casualties among Americans Salvador Reyes, vice-presidente Santa Cruz de Laguna, murdered after third attempt. Murderers crow river toward Pila. Mounted parties sent out in pursuit take 150 prisoners. Two natives acrom the river where the killing took place refuse to halt when ordered and are killed Private Charles A. Wilson, Company I, Thirty-seventh Infantry, is killed at Paete, Luzon, P. I., while guarding 4 prison ers sent after water, when fired upon by insurgents from shack near spring Capt. Harry M. Dey, with detachment Forty-third In fantry, U. S. V., in skirmish with insurgents about 2 miles from San Miguel, kills 4, wounds 5, and captures 5 and lot of uniforms and unim portant papers Second Lieut. Gordon Johnston, Forty-third In fantry, U. S. V., with native police of Palo, P. I., attacks Mincy Capili, near San Augustin, Leyte; disperses about 15 riflemen, captures 12, and destroys the cuartel. Casualties among United States forces, Pri vate Charles E. Bolt, Company D, wounded slightly Expedition to Bairauen, La Paz, and Julita, Leyte, Capt. Frank C. Prescott and detachment Forty-third Infantry, U. S. V., captures 10 insurgents and 5 bolos. No casualties among United States forces Detachment of 8 men, Company L, Forty-seventh Infantry, accompanied by 6 native policemen, captures, at (gubal?) Levis and its vicinity, 9 insur gents, including 2 oflicers Lieut. Dennis P. Quinlan, with detach ment of Philippine cavalry, strikes 20 insurgents, under Fagin, deserter from Twenty-fourth U. S. Infantry, near Papaya, Nueva Ecija, and chases them to the fodthills, capturing 1 and 120 rounds of ammunition. No casualties to United States forces Capt. Hiram C. Baker, with detachment Thirty-ninth Infantry, U. S. V., from San Pablo, Luzon, P. I., scouts to Paulito and other barrios and captures 1 lieutenant of insurgents, 1 cabeza of barrio, and 4 highwaymen; also papers and 1 krag-jergensen rifle, evidently taken from Thirtieth Infantry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.